Author: Thomas Archer
Title: Charles Dickens: A Gossip About His Life, Works, and Characters
Description: London, Cassell & Company , [1894]. Leather. Thomas Archer's pictorial biography of Charles Dickens, enriched with numerous facts and anecdotes. A large paper volume containing a charming biographical sketch of Charles Dickens by Thomas Archer, sharing anecdotes and facts about Dickens' life and work. Originally published in six divisions, supplied to subscribers only.  Illustrated with eighteen photogravure plates by Victorian well known Dickens' illustrator Frederick Barnard, illustrating character sketches, as well as other illustrations in text. Collated, complete. In half morocco binding over cloth covered boards, new marbled endpapers. Externally sound with shelf wear, scuffed to extremities and spine, marked throughout, with some chipping to the boards. Front board cockled due to possible damp. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting scattered to the leaves, particularly to leaves of plates, while text remains generally bright and clean. Illustrated with with eighteen photogravure plates and numerous other illustrations in text. Collated, complete. Good . Ill.: Frederick Barnard. Good .

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